The Board has determined that additional development is necessary before the claims for service connection can be decided. The Veteran's complex regional pain syndrome, joint pain, muscle pain, and neurological disability are being remanded for further examination and review.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that VA examinations and medical opinions are needed to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s claimed disabilities, including whether they are related to his service-connected Crohn's disease or environmental exposures during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Joint Pain, Muscle Pain, Neurological Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19144043
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for generalized anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD), liver condition, joint pain, intestinal condition, kidney condition, sleep apnea, vein condition, right carpal tunnel syndrome, left carpal tunnel syndrome, and lumbar spine disability have all been granted.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a sleep disorder, diagnosed as obstructive sleep apnea, and denied service connection for joint pain. The Veteran's low back disability was rated at 40 percent, with initial ratings of 20 percent for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy being granted.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by fatigue, joint pain, and muscle aches, as well as for a right shoulder strain. However, it denied claims for compensable ratings for tension headaches, chronic sinusitis, and dermatitis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for complex regional pain syndrome, left ankle injury (peroneus brevis muscle tear with ankle and foot strain), and dermatitis as the additional disability was not shown to be caused by VA treatment.
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